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A Swift Opening for South Yorkshire’s Innovative Combined Fire and Police Station - Tuesday, March 13, 2018

South Yorkshire have recently opened the County’s first joint fire and police station. Key to maximising speed of exit of the fire tender under ‘blue light’ emergency response conditions was the installation of a pair of 4m wide by 4.5m high Swift automatic bi-folding doors which open fully in less than 7 seconds in automatic mode at the front of the fire appliance bay.

National College for High Speed Rail (NCHSR) opened its doors to students following the installation Jewers’ Swift-SEW high speed, automatic bi-folding doors to complete the external structure of the workshops at both Birmingham and Doncaster campuses. Designed by Bond Bryan Architects, both campuses include large-scale workshop areas that will incorporate machinery and scale model areas as well as the capacity for full size power cars and carriages.

Jewers Doors Secures New Light Aircraft Hangar and Fire Station at Old Warden - Friday, December 08, 2017

Jewers Doors have recently completed the installation of five of their Osprey sliding-folding doors to the new private aircraft hangarage and integral fire station at Old Warden Aerodrome in Bedfordshire. The larger openings are secured by sixteen-leaf Osprey sliding-folding doors, while twelve leaf Ospreys secures the smaller openings. In the centre is the fire station, which is fitted with an eight leaf Osprey door.

Specialist industrial door manufacturer, Jewers Doors, has installed eight of its latest Swift- SEW and two smaller Swift horizontal bi-folding doors at Transport for London (TfL)’s new Operations, Maintenance and Control (OMC) depot for the Elizabeth line at Old Oak Common, West London. This new state-of-the-art 9-track, train maintenance building is part of the £142 million contract awarded to Taylor Woodrow and will accommodate 33 trains while routine maintenance is carried out.

Specialist industrial door manufacturer, Jewers Doors, has installed five of its latest Swift SEW automated sliding bi-folding doors at Hitachi Rail Europe’s (HRE) new £80m maintenance depot for the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) trains at Doncaster. The doors are operated by a recently developed high power, centrally mounted SEW drive unit, which incorporates inverter control for smooth start and stop and takes less than eight seconds to open fully. Safety is ensured with full height pressure sensitive safety edges and photocell beams to create a safe zone around the door during operation.

Jewers Doors Open New Studio for Acclaimed Sculptor - Monday, April 10, 2017

Jewers Doors have recently completed the installation of seven Osprey multi-leaf sliding folding doors to complete the conversion of an old dilapidated dairy factory in Camberwell, London into a series of studios, workshops and galleries for internationally acclaimed artist and sculptor Sir Anish Kapoor. Manufactured as a single piece construction, each of the door panels is fully insulated with environmentally friendly insulation materials which optimise thermal efficiency and reduce noise pollution by up to 25dB.

Leading self-storage specialists Lok’nStore have installed Jewers’ Swift bi-folding doors for customer access at their depots throughout South and Central England. The doors supplied and installed by Jewers were manual versions of the successful Swift bi-folding doors. These robust doors are designed for heavy duty applications, and the low resistance hinges ensure continued effortless operation.

Continuing its long-standing involvement with hangar
projects on RAF bases, Jewers Doors has designed, manufactured and installed its
world renowned Esavian doors on the new 24,000m2 hangar at RAF Brize Norton.

Used to maintain Airbus A400 Atlas four-engine military transport
aircraft, which have a wingspan of 42.5 metres, the three-bay hangar will also
accommodate C17 Globemaster freight and A330 Voyager personnel aircraft and
includes a three-storey office facility.

Jewers Doors is installing its Esavian hangar doors in the new Aviation Cosmetics painting and finishing hangar at Safi Aviation Park on Malta.

Built to accommodate A380 aircraft, the hangar is having Esavian Type 126 doors designed, manufactured and installed by UK company, Jewers Doors. Each of the three door leaves are 42 metres wide and 13 metres high and an additional vertically opening door increases the opening maximum clearance to 26 metres.

Bedfordshire
based Jewers Doors recently completed a project to design, manufacture and
install its world renowned Esavian doors in the Presidential Flights Hangar 2 at Abu Dhabi International Airport.

Wales Air Ambulance
has just installed an electrically operated multi-leaf sliding folding Osprey
hangar door to their new purpose-built helicopter hangar at Llanelli,
Carmarthenshire. The new hangar is integral part of their new headquarters due
to be completed later this year, and will be a fully operational airbase housing
the South Wales helicopters as well as the charity’s administration centre.

Jewers Doors
have installed two ‘thresholdless’ versions of their Kingfisher sliding door system
in Boathouse 4 at Portsmouth’s Historic Dockyard. The doors were purpose
designed to ensure trip-free access between workshops and formed part of a £3.5
million restoration programme recently completed by Interserve.

Jewers Doors put the finishing touches to the new £15 million Ambulance and Fire Services Resource Centre (AFSRC) at Wrexham with the installation of 14 pairs of Swift fast-acting, bi-fold doors. The new AFSR Centre accommodates eight fire appliance vehicles and six ambulances and replaces an obsolete fire station and two ambulance stations which are now co-located onto one modern, fast-response site.

We're getting ready to exhibit (on stand 742) at Dubai Airshow. To discuss your requirements for hangar doors of all sizes and learn why our Esavian doors are world class drop by our stand. We look forward to meeting you. read more ...

All ready at Inter Airport Europe - Saturday, October 10, 2015

This was our stand number 770 in Hall B6 at Inter Airport Europe this morning 6 October on the first day of the show. Hours later it's now much too busy to take photographs! Lots of interest in our advanced hangar door solutions. read more ...

Look up to Jewers! - Thursday, October 01, 2015

As we near completion of our rebranding exercise, we have added our new logo and strapline to the side of our HQ building in Biggleswade, UK. read more ...

Jewers has designed, manufactured and installed six identical sets of its world-renowned Esavian hangar door system for the new SAR facilities located around the coastline of the British Isles. read more ...

Learn why Esavian is the most advanced hangar door system in the world - Saturday, August 15, 2015

To find out about the many special features of Esavian hangar doors and why they are the best choice for your project, speak directly with Jonathan Jewers, Esavian Director, at one of the forthcoming shows we are exhibiting at. read more ...